NEO CANDO

This updated version of NEO CANDO incorporates data from the 2010 Census and American Community Survey. Additional data sources will be added as they become available. It operates faster, provides updated geographies, and enables on-demand mapping using Google maps. Preparation of NEO CANDO 2010+ was completed by the Northeast Ohio Data Collaborative, a unique partnership between Case Western Reserve University, The Cleveland State University Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, and The Center for Community Solutions and made possible by the generous financial support of several local governments and foundations.

The previous version of NEO CANDO is based on geographies defined by the 2000 Census and incorporates social and economic, crime, and property data. NEO CANDO historical data will continue to have data in Census 2000 geographies, and currently provides information from more data sources than NEO CANDO 2010+.

Parcel-level data for Cuyahoga County is available through the NEO CANDO property data tool. These data are collected from a variety of sources including the Cuyahoga County Auditor and the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts.

NEO CANDO News

August 29, 2012

Plain Dealer: Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Eager for Rebirth

In April 2012, the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development prepared a map of the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Cleveland in the area of Kinsman Road and Union Ave revealing dozens of foreclosed, vacant, and soon to be demolished properties. The housing situation has prompted a call for action for the neighborhood as cited in the Cleveland Plain Dealer article "Cleveland's struggling Mount Pleasant neighborhood eager for rebirth as arts district" on August 25, 2012.

Fresh Water Cleveland: NEO CANDO Helps Neighborhoods

The Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development's NEO CANDO (Northeast Ohio Community and Neighborhood Data for Organizing) is featured in the Fresh Water Cleveland article "Innovative Program Helps Neighborhoods Fight Foreclosure and Blight" on August 23, 2012.

"In the past, information was collected from multiple websites, and by the time it was assembled, it was out of date," explained Poverty Center Research Associate Mike Schramm. "We bring data together across domains. Our mission is to democratize data and to create data-driven decisions by both nonprofits and government."

WEWS: Groundbreaking on Urban Agriculture

Plans for Old Brooklyn Urban Farm

A new urban farm has been started as reported in WEWS Newsnet 5's "Groundbreaking on urban agriculture farm in Cleveland's Old Brooklyn neighborhood" on August 22, 2012. Though not stated in the article, data from the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development's NEO CANDO (Northeast Ohio Community and Neighborhood Data for Organizing) was used to determine the vacant lots in this Old Brooklyn neighborhood that would be re-purposed for this urban agriculture project.

Rust Belt Chic: A Cleveland Anthology

Richey Piiparinen, a Research Assistant at the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, is co-editor for the soon to be published Rust Belt Chic: A Cleveland Anthology with Oberlin College associate professor Anne Trubek. Oberlin's news story, "Rhetoric & Composition and English Professor Creates Anthology of Cleveland Stories," discusses the book and Piiparinen's knowledge and experience with Rust Belt Chic, citing how his Poverty Center report, Not Dead Yet: The Infill of Cleveland's Inner Core, has reached a wide audience and media outlets.

Download the report in PDF and read the original blog release here.

The Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development is a research center at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, a graduate school of social work at Case Western Reserve University.

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